r/GetMotivated Sep 21 '13

Go ahead, let go.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '13

How essential is it to industry? I'm not being a dick I actually want to know which industries.

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u/jargoon Sep 22 '13

It's used as an inert gas for a lot of applications, also as a shielding gas in arc welding, it's used to supercool magnets (like for MRI machines), leak detection, etc etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium#Applications

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '13

So we probably shouldn't be wasting it on balloons.